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Publisher's Summary

Alex and his comrades might have escaped the Head's clutches, but where are they now?

Love Love

Good job.

The build up in this book series is pretty good, and the voice acting is wonderful. My minor complaint is that sometimes I feel like the characters in the books do things against their character to move the story along. I'm so glad the author created a wizards school that wasn't a rip off of Harry Potter. I like the dark undertones and moral questions that the book invokes. Overall I would say it's good, but not great.

This series just keeps getting better!

This book really kept my interest and I was frequently worried about which characters were trustworthy or serving their own purposes. I also have an appreciation of how many different voices are required to perform this book. Well done!

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Great book aided by a very great narrator. Can't wait to read/hear the next instalment, the keep.